Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Evaluation of the Elastic Properties of Ascending Aortic Aneurysm.
Kaushal Kishore TiwariStefano BevilacquaGiovanni Donato AquaroPierluigi FestaLamia Ait-AliTommaso GasbarriMarco SolinasMattia GlauberPublished in: Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery (2019)
MRSD and MRDR are significantly correlated with ASI and the patient's age. They seem to describe properly the increasing stiffness of aortas. These two new indexes provide a promising, accessible, and reproducible approach to evaluate the biomechanical property of the aorta.